Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications

A former Clark Superior judge who oversaw the southern Indiana county’s drug court and left the bench amid allegations
of jailing participants without due process will never serve as an Indiana judge again.

The Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications filed one count against a southern Indiana town court judge who was arrested
and pleaded guilty to operating while intoxicated in Louisville, Kentucky.

Judges who have a family member running for elected office may appear in campaign materials as long as the judge’s title
or position isn’t mentioned, the Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications decided in an advisory opinion released
Friday.

Candidates for judicial office should not use photographs of courtrooms in their campaign materials, and only incumbent judges
should be depicted in judicial robes in campaign ads, according to an advisory opinion from the Indiana Commission on Judicial
Qualifications.

The Indiana Supreme Court removed Marion Superior Judge Kimberly Brown from the bench Tuesday after finding she “engaged
in significant judicial misconduct.” The judge had been on paid suspension since Jan. 9 pending final discipline.

Before suspended Marion Superior Judge Kimberly Brown was facing possible removal from the bench for dozens of disciplinary
counts, she had difficulties in her prior court, according to recent filings arguing for the ultimate sanction against a judge.

Marion Superior Judge Kimberly Brown circumvented the three-judge panel that heard her disciplinary case with a direct appeal
to the Indiana Supreme Court, the presiding judge said in striking her last-minute apology and an affidavit in her support
from former Justice Frank Sullivan.

Marion Superior Judge Kimberly Brown’s last-minute apology and vouching from former Indiana Justice Frank Sullivan Jr.
should not be considered in her disciplinary case, the Judicial Qualifications Commission argued in a brief filed Thursday.

Marion Superior Judge Kimberly Brown is apologizing for alleged judicial misconduct that resulted in 47 disciplinary counts
against her, proposing to the Indiana Supreme Court that she be suspended for two months. She also says her prior defense,
including refusing to take a deposition oath, was “ill-advised.”

Marion Superior Judge Kimberly Brown should be removed from office, the Indiana Judicial Qualifications Commission recommends
in findings of fact compiled after the weeklong hearing of a 47-count complaint that concluded Nov. 10.

The 47-count case against a Marion Superior judge appears to be the most voluminous judicial discipline proceeding in the
state’s history, according to people familiar with the case and matters of judicial discipline.

A senior judge who presided in a Marion Superior criminal court for more than a dozen years testified Friday that delayed
releases of defendants from jail are a problem with the county’s entire judicial system and not limited to the court
of a judge facing discipline for that and other charges.

The Indiana Supreme Court on Monday declined to suspend Marion Superior Judge Kimberly Brown over a 45-count disciplinary
complaint lodged against her, but appointed three special masters to hear the case on an expedited basis.

A Marion Superior judge facing a 45-count disciplinary complaint responded today to a petition for her suspension by saying,
“She is resolute that she can and will learn from what has been alleged, and that she will redouble her efforts to proceed.”

The Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications has released an advisory opinion addressing salary payments to judges and
judicial officers that may be made contingent on the number of cases filed with the court. The opinion cautions against accepting
compensation from sources that may lead to the appearance of influencing the court.

The attorney who made statements regarding Franklin Circuit Judge Steven Cox’s release of a prisoner during the time
she was challenging him for his spot on the bench last fall cannot seek judicial office for five years, the Indiana Supreme
Court ruled Thursday. The justices also publicly reprimanded Tammy R. Davis of Brookville.

Senior Judge Lisa M. Traylor-Wolff, who faced a disciplinary action on charges she had a sexual relationship with a client,
is no longer allowed to serve as a judge, the Indiana Supreme Court ordered Tuesday.

A northeastern Indiana town court judge was given a public admonishment Monday by the Commission on Judicial Qualifications
for her direct individual involvement with parties involved in a 2008 traffic infraction case.